The woman who greets me at
Addis Ababa airport is very
different from the traumatised girl I
last saw in 1998. When I hugged
Aberash Bekele goodbye 16 years
ago, I had just finished filming a
BBC documentary about her called
Schoolgirl Killer. At 14, Bekele
was kidnapped by a gang of
horsemen, raped and then put on
trial for killing her abductor. Her
story forced Ethiopia to confront its
brutal customs and change its laws.
Today she’s the mother of a 10-
year-old son; she’s plumper, her
hair is hennaed and styled, her
shoes sparkly, her nails varnished
gold. Her story has now been made
into a feature film called Difret.
Executive produced by Angelina
Jolie, Difret has already won awards
at the Sundance, Berlin, Montreal
and Amsterdam film festivals and
Bekele is once again the talk of the
nation.
Bekele is one of 11 children (now
aged between 52 and 19) by the
same mother and grew up outside
Kersa, a small remote town in Arsii,
southern Ethiopia, where her
parents are subsistence farmers. She
was on her way home from school
when horsemen with whips and
lassoos surrounded her, grabbed
her, threw her over a saddle and
took her to a hut where she was
locked up and raped. Her rapist
then announced he was her
husband-to-be. In Arsii it was the
custom that if you wanted a wife
you went out and kidnapped one
and it’s estimated that, in 1998,
30% of marriages were initiated this
way, with varying levels of
violence.

After NIgeria election I will comment.

Bridgetown:
After NIgeria election I will comment.

funny wetin u do nw ?

wtech:
funny wetin u do nw ?

Don't have strength for international news for now, I need local news affecting my beloved country. No offense.

Funny Tittle...

kini itan yen ko wa?

What a custom, thank goodness is not here, fine girls 4no reach some people hand Oo°˚˚˚°. Lol!

Just incase it gets to f.p.

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MeanWhile If I would Vote It'd be

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